The
film is based upon author Lee Child’s 18th novel in the
best-selling Jack Reacher series that has seen 100 million books sold
worldwide. In the film, years after resigning command of an elite
military police unit, the nomadic, righter-of-wrongs Reacher (Cruise)
is drawn back into the life he left behind when his friend and
successor, Major Susan Turner (Smulders) is framed for espionage.
Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to expose the
real perpetrators behind the killings of his former soldiers.

After
escaping police custody, Reacher and Turner are doggedly pursued by
the mysterious and nameless heavy known only as The Hunter, played by
Patrick Heusinger.

“We
wanted someone as tough and scary as Reacher,” screenwriter
Marshall Herskovitz explains. “I love seeing Reacher take down four
guys, but here’s a character who is just as unstoppable. It’s fun
to play with the audience’s expectations about how these fights
will end up.”

“Patrick
is a great looking guy, who’s physically capable of mixing it up
with Tom,” director Ed Zwick explains. “He’s also a classically
trained actor, which is great when an actor brings that to a villain
role.”

Zwick
continues, “The Hunter has a really similar skill set to Reacher,
but he’s a little younger, so that creates an interesting dynamic.
Instead of being driven by a sense of justice, The Hunter has a sick
fascination with eliminating his competition. He wants to prove
himself by taking down the legendary Jack Reacher.”

Heusinger
recalls his first days on set. “The second I arrived, Tom made sure
anything that I needed was available, training of any kind, be it
physical, dietary, weapons or driving. He’s a living, breathing
action movie library.”

Patrick
Heusinger is a graduate of Juilliard, and known in film for his roles
in Frances Ha and Sweet Land, winner of the Audience Award at the
Hamptons International Film Festival and Independent Spirit Award for
Best First Feature. Other feature credits include Tie a Yellow
Ribbon, The Nanny Diaries and the award-winning short, Willowbrook.

In
television, Heusinger last co-starred on Jason Reitman’s Casual for
Hulu and on Marti Noxon’s series, Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce,
Bravo’s first scripted series.

Now
playingacross the Philippines, “Jack Reacher: Never Go
Back” is distributed by United International Pictures through
Columbia Pictures.